[Elecraft] K3 - PSK settings

[Julian, G4ILO]

I recommend Fldigi by W1HKJ as currently the best digital modes program - if
you don't need all the bells and whistles of HRD.

Setting up the power level: Currently you can't rely on the K3 limiting the
power output to the level set with the POWER control when data mode is used.
Therefore I would suggest you use the following procedure. Connect the rig
to a power meter and set the POWER control to some value, say 20W. In the
software, click to set the cursor in the center of the passband and then
click the Tune button in the software, which should send a pure sine wave
not an idling signal. Use the MIC control to adjust LINE IN until the power
output on the meter matches the level you set on the POWER control. If LINE
IN adjustment is too coarse to set the output power exactly, reduce the
audio level from the computer using the mixer sliders.

Once this input level has been set, the output power should follow the POWER
control fairly accurately. Do not run more than 40W unless you have some
means of monitoring the signal to be sure it is not excessively wide and
causing interference to other PSK users.

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